I well remember the iron pipe in the 1940's I used to fall off it quite regularly. I always thought that the name Monkey Bridge came from the fact that you had to be a monkey to get over the beck via the iron pipe. I used to come from the Comptons to play there and to fish in the beck. Happy daysGaz

Gaz 79 wroteColon I used to come from the Comptons to play there and to fish in the beck. Happy daysGaz

So did I but in the mid 1950's. We used to wade in the beck in wellies. May I ask whereabouts in the Comptons?

It used to be said that the statue of the Black Prince had been placed in City Square , near the station, pointing South to tell all the southerners who've just got off the train to b****r off back down south!